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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.53094
Category:Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2005:517
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory RHSA-2005:517.

HelixPlayer is a media player.

A buffer overflow bug was found in the way HelixPlayer processes SMIL files.
An attacker could create a specially crafted SMIL file, which when combined
with a malicious web server, could execute arbitrary code when opened by a
user. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has
assigned the name CVE-2005-1766 to this issue.

All users of HelixPlayer are advised to upgrade to this updated package,
which contains HelixPlayer version 10.0.5 and is not vulnerable to this issue.

Solution:
Please note that this update is available via
Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red
Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-517.html

Risk factor : High

CVSS Score:
5.1

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-1766
16981
http://secunia.com/advisories/16981
20050623 RealNetworks RealPlayer RealText Parsing Heap Overflow Vulnerability
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=250&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=true
DSA-826
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-826
RHSA-2005:517
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-517.html
RHSA-2005:523
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-523.html
SUSE-SA:2005:037
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_37_real_player.html
http://service.real.com/help/faq/security/050623_player/EN/
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9509
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9509
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